irritiert

/[ɪʁiˈtiːɐ̯t]/ verb

Letters

9 characters

Frequency Rank

#12,315

in German word usage

Misspellings

11

tracked variants

Confusables

2

similar word pairs

irritiert is aGermanverb. It means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs irritieren Pronounced [ɪʁiˈtiːɐ̯t]. Often confused with imitiert and irritieren.

Key facts for irritiert
PropertyValue
Headwordirritiert
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[ɪʁiˈtiːɐ̯t]
Letters9
Frequency rank#12,315
Misspellings tracked11
Confusable pairs2
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of irritiert in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for irritiert is 9 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as [ɪʁiˈtiːɐ̯t]. Corpus data places it at rank #12,315 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "Partizip Perfekt des Verbs irritieren".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 11 documented wrong-spelling variants for irritiert, with forms such as "irirtiert", "iritiert", and "irriitert". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 2 confusable-pair relationships, "imitiert", "irritieren", where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is irritiert, spelled I-R-R-I-T-I-E-R-T, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    Partizip Perfekt des Verbs irritieren

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: irirtiert,iritiert,irriitert,irriteirt,irritierrt,irritiertt,irritietr,irritiret,irrittiert,irrtiiert,riritiert

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for irritiert

Misspelling Variants of "irritiert"

irirtiert9iritiert8irriitert9irriteirt9irritierrt10irritiertt10irritietr9irritiret9
Misspelling Variants of "irritiert"

Frequency rank: #12,315 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "irritiert"?
"irritiert" is spelled I-R-R-I-T-I-E-R-T. The IPA pronunciation is [ɪʁiˈtiːɐ̯t].
What does "irritiert" mean?
As a verb, "irritiert" means: Partizip Perfekt des Verbs irritieren
What words are commonly confused with "irritiert"?
"irritiert" is commonly confused with "imitiert", "irritieren". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "irritiert"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "irritiert" is [ɪʁiˈtiːɐ̯t]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "irritiert" come from?
"irritiert" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.